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Blameful

Blameful \Blame"ful\, a.

  1. Faulty; meriting blame.
    --Shak.

  2. Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious.
    --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- Blame"ful*ly, adv. -- Blame"ful*ness, n.

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blameful

a. blameworthy

WordNet
blameful

adj. deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" [syn: blameworthy, blamable, blameable, censurable, culpable]

Usage examples of "blameful".

But, gentle Lady Anne,To leave this keen encounter of our wits,And fall somewhat into a slower method,Is not the causer of the timeless deathsOf these Plantagenets, Henry and Edward,As blameful as the executioner?